Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn June, over 250 Cornwall Park District School students, staff and families braved the chilly conditions on the school field at dawn to bring in the 2022 Māori New Year. Matariki has been a significant event in the school for many years, and this year those assembled listened to the haunting putaratara blown by three Dilworth students, joined in ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnehunga High School principal, Deidre Shea, described the school’s newly-completed gym and classroom block to be a triumph, at the official opening ceremony for both buildings in June. The ceremony itself was low-key, acknowledging the fact that the buildings were already in full operation, but all who attended were impressed by the quality of ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesA new playground is in place at Māngere Bridge School, reflecting the local environment and history, and using traditional Māori playground concepts. They just need a bit more of a funding boost to get it complete. The school raised more than $200,000 towards the playground, and is seeking sponsorship to complete the last few elements, ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Māngere Bridge school student is one of three winners of an art competition held by Auckland Light Rail. Waterlea School pupil, Alexi Herrold, was pleasantly surprised when her teacher approached her with the exciting news. “I never thought I would win. First, I told my best friend, and then my classmates, who were all ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesMagical. Thought-provoking. Joyous. Accessible. Sustainable. Creative. Collaborative. All describe Comet Project Space’s Enchanted Garden exhibition at Naomi and Bill Kirk Park in Māngere Bridge, held in May. The park was transformed into a luminous, flower-filled garden, with live handpan music completing the effect. The artwork is titled Inflorescence, meaning the process of flowering. Flowers, ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesA mentoring organisation is in dire need of more people to be mentors for children with a parent in jail or under a community sentence. Thousands of New Zealand children suffer grief, trauma, stigma and financial stress because of their parent’s situation and Pillars/Ka Pou Whakapou is a charity that provides vital support to those ...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt was wonderful to see all the pink across St Joseph’s Catholic School for Pink Shirt Day in May. Celebrated annually around the globe, Pink Shirt Day began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying, after a another student was bullied for wearing a pink shirt. In New Zealand/Aotearoa, ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesEarth Action Trust turned out with their rubbish claws to join the recent Onehunga Bay clean-up organised by MP Priyanca Radhakrishnan. They want to help beautify another area, and they want to hear from you! Twice a month, the group organises a street clean, from 10am – 12pm and they’re always keen to hear ...
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnehunga local, Tevita Tu’ifua, is preparing to travel to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham this June to coach the Tongan Sevens Rugby team – and he’s hoping that this time nothing will get in the way of his plans. Tevita, who is the Onehunga Business Association’s community liaison officer, has been the Tongan National coach ...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe new novel by well-known multimedia artist and local, Coco Solid (aka Jessica Hansell), has landed – and it’s already creating an impression. Hansell is co-director of Onehunga’s Wheke Fortress at Tin Tacks Corner; an inclusive art space providing an ultramodern gallery and meeting space for experimental artists. She grew up in Māngere Bridge and ...